Lost…Then Found
I woke up to
the sound of my loud alarm clock and for the first time in my life I was
excited to wake up. I got dressed and ran down my long stairs to find Peter’s mom,
Peter and Bob waiting for me, they were 20 minutes early.
“About time!” complained Bob.
“Hey it’s not my fault you guys are
early,” I indicated.
“Whatever! Let’s just get going we
don’t want to be late” said Peter.
I quickly
ate my breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast and set off to Bobs’ car where his
mom was waiting for us.
It was a one hour trip to get to the forest and
throughout the entire trip Peter was talking about what trees he wanted to see
and what birds he wished to encounter. Bob was listening carefully so I assumed
he was interested in what Peter was saying, but I thought it was getting a bit
boring and I was glad we reached the forest before I started to tune him out.
When I stepped out and took a look at the forest the sight was mesmerising. I
imagined fairies flying in circles, dinosaurs stomping around, unicorns walking
up to me and trolls signaling me to go into the forest. Before it could get any
better I heard a voice and I was yet to realize it was only Bob.
“Earth to Kassie” he groaned.
“Thanks for that” I said
sarcastically.
“Hey, you can thank me later let’s
just get going” he replied.
As we walked
through the breathtaking forest I saw beautiful brightly coloured birds which of
course, were an interest to Peter. When we had walked for at least an hour, we
finally reached a long river which had crystal clear water and lily pads
sleeping on the surface of it.
“Wow” was all we could say, it was
like the beauty of the river had stolen our words.
“Alright this is where we split up,”
said Bobs mom “You kids can go and explore but when you see the sun going down you
meet us back at this river.”
“We tied this yellow ribbon here so if
you get lost you can climb a hill and look for it,” continued Peter’s mom “Use
your compass.”
The shade of
yellow was an unusual shade; it was the shade of the stripes on a bee, or even
the colour of lemon ice cream.
“C’mon guys!” yelled Bob, who was
already ahead of us.
As I ran
through the colourful forest I noticed an amazing bird stuck in a butterfly
net. Peter and Bob have to see this I thought to myself.
“Hey guys come check this out!” I
yelled to them.
They rushed
over and when Peter took a look at the bird he gasped.
“That’s a red tailed ranger!” he
cheered. “I thought I would never see one since they’re only found in Africa!”
“Alright my ear!” howled Bob who was
standing two inches away from Peter.
We decided
to help the bird, so we removed the net from its wings and watched it as it
flew off into the bright blue sky. As we walked deeper and deeper into the
forest we started talking about school and how they should make it an hour
instead of six.
“I disagree with you guys” said Peter
as he munched on his smelly egg salad “If school was only an hour long we
wouldn’t learn everything that we usually learn.”
“True but imagine what we could do with
all the extra time” I stated.
After that,
Peter and Bob debated about how long school should be, I would have joined in
but I was too hypnotized by the colours of the flowers, I thought that I knew
what kind they were but I realized that I had never seen them before. The smell
of pine trees filled the air, and the sound of woodpeckers pecking and the
weird noises of the forest triggered my ear drums.
When I
decided to look up at the sky I had expected to see the sun right above us, but
I realized it was already setting.
“Hey guys” I called to them.
“What do you think Kassie, how long
should school be?” growled Bob.
“Who cares we should be getting back”
I told them.
“You’re right it’s getting dark”
agreed Bob.
“Get your compass out” said Peter in a
horrified voice.
Bob looked
through his pockets but then I saw a terrified look on his face.
“It’s not with me” he gulped.
“Oh great. Now we’re going to die”
started Peter “I’m too young to die!”
“Nobody’s going to die” I told him in
a calm voice, even though I was also terrified “We’ll figure something out.”
We took a
look around and couldn’t figure a way back I thought we were done for until Bob
said something.
“We could climb that tree and look
around” he suggested.
“What an idea” said Peter
sarcastically.
When I
analyzed the idea I realized that it might indeed work.
“Well its worth a try,” I told Peter.
“Fine, but only because I don’t want
to die without trying” he breathed.
Once we
started climbing I realized it wasn’t as hard as it seemed, so we reached the
top in barely a minute. We took a look around and to our luck I saw the river
with the yellow flag.
“There it is,” I said heroically.
“It’s so close!” chuckled Bob.
I realized
that we had walked in a big circle this entire time. Once we reached the river
it was at the exact time as our parents.
“Did you guys have fun?” asked Bob’s
mom.
“Of course we did” I said with a
smile.
I walked to
the car with Bob and Peter than told them,
“This is a memory I’m not going to
forget.”
“Me neither,” they said in a duet.
THE END.
